On 2019-03-12 01:43:39 +0000, Maurice Kinal -> Ozz Nixon said:
> However %z will ALWAYS output the + character where applicable such as
> in UTC based systems;
>
>    date +%z = +0000
>
> You will have to add a routine to strip it which will break other apps
> that follow the real world standards for utc offsets.  Whoever wrote
> fts-4008.002 should hang their head in shame.  :::sigh:::


See we can not say that, as the ISO standard also had "+" as optional, until it
 was revised in 2004. Both our FTSC standard and the ISO standard were the
same. Obviously someone out there did not understand if no "-" minus sign is
included then assume positive. I know it is hard to understand ... but like
accounting, we only denote negative, positive is assumed.

;-)

O.

// Almost have this NNTPD environment fully automated ;-)

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